It all began with Lily, a 15-pound snowball of a French bulldog with the face of a tough guy and the personality of a princess. She and her owner, Rep. Jeff Denham of California, take the occasional coast-to-coast plane ride together. But when he tried to take her on Amtrak a couple years back, he learned that only service dogs were allowed aboard. It's a policy he's been trying to change ever since, and he appears to be gaining momentum. Denham, a Republican who chairs a House subcommittee overseeing the agencies that regulate the nation's railroad industry, said allowing people to bring small dogs and cats with them in pet carriers would encourage more people to travel...

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